Very nice "toy" you got yourself there, I hope you will have lots of fun using it. I don't have a business expenses account so I had to settle for a LibreVNA myself, it does go up to 6GHz but nowhere near the same class of instrument. But it still give me a big smile just having it do a reverse DFT allowing one to see disturbances on the line including the SMA connectors or simply drawing a smith chart.
One of the nice things about this unit as it has a high DB range, so though I do have some attenuators on hand, nothing I need to work on is out of the units base range :)
I agree. It's kind of an insane expensive tool, but you will love it - guaranteed. I hope to see your review of its usefulness once you get used to it. Cheers.
Congratulations, a very nice current generation instrument. Quite an upgrade beyond my older generation 3.2GHz Spectrum analyser I bought several years ago. That sadly while tracking generator exists the full VNA is not then available and the Bridge is sort of crap over above 2GHz, barely usable. Hope that the pre-compliance test software is default, or that you have purchased that too. I got basically a full software set on my unit. Sadly far less usage made of my unit than planned at purchase time. I do agree that the RED Mni SVA is very hobby end and not completely reliable. This Siglent analyser should serve you very well. Good choice, I would consider upgrading if current needs were enough. GOOD CHOICE MADE!
Now the expensive bit starts, I used to pay about £300 a metre for RF cables. if you start bending them too tight it affects the readings and sometime they don't recover. once you start on the expensive equipment, it starts to point out the issues with all the little bits like cables and connectors that were fine before.
Cool tech, though a simple audio frequency electronics gal like me won't really appreciate it :) You've got a strong Dave Jones vibe, keep that up - I like it!
